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to understand the hydrological and limnological conditions during the annual regime of high and low river flow, as well as the action of the tides, a series of 18 collecting trips were conducted in monthly and bimonthly intervals across the bay of maraj車 during the years 1983-1985. the tocantins river provides more than 80% of the inflow into this bay and shows a much greater difference in water volume flow between high and low water season than the amazon. the annual displacement of brackish water influence is thus more extensive maraj車 bay than in the amazon estuary. during the dry season of low river discharge (september-december), traces of seawater are found to penetrate up to 90 km upriver in the guam芍 river. the high degree of turbidity of inner estuarine waters impedes light penetration and results in the near absence of primary production in spite of ample nutrients. where these turbid river waters mix with brackish estuarine waters of 2 to 4㏑ salinity, flocculation and subsequent sedimentation causes visibility to increase from a few to sometimes 200 cm. the water in this zone assumes a bright green color due to phytoplankton. about 90% of the biomass consists of a polyhalobic diatom species, coscinodiscus. concomitant great reductions in silica and other nutrient concentrations are noted. during low river flow (september to december), this high production zone is located in the central part of maraj車 bay, whereas it lies outside of the bay over the continental shelf during high river discharge (february to april).
- 出版日期1988
